Ukraine Council
Russia-Ukraine crisis: German-French-Russian "last chance" meeting follow-up
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel tried a last-ditch effort to put an end to the war in Ukraine. Despite more than five hours of talks at the Kremlin between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of France and Germany, there was no deal to end the fighting in the eastern Ukraine. The three, however, agreed to continue diplomacy.